Savage Inequalities By Jonathan Kozol

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yet they are still not able to reach the same quality of education. Most of these poor communities spend their limited tax money on other costs those wealthy communities do not, at least not on the same scale. Such expenditures include the police and fire department and public health. Federal and state governments dispense funds to the poor communities in order to try and balance this financial gap. The funds aren't enough to make the necessary changes. Because of this children are subjected to attend inadequate learning facilities. While on one hand wealthy children are given the luxury of smaller classrooms consisting of about 15 or 20 children and an abundance in text books. Children in less affluent communities are subjected to classrooms consisting of up to 45 children and a scarcity of textbooks. Members within the communities also have the opportunity to contribute money into their schools via fundraisers. This allows the schools to give their children ...

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and yet look to a brighter future? This who they are and what they know. How can they be expected to overcome barriers that have been in existence for years?

Children who are exposed to these conditions hesitate to want more than they already have.

In attending underprivileged establishments, with teachers who have no regards for there future, how can they be expected to want more for themselves? Kozol describes schools in which children attend unsupervised classrooms and where some classes are held in the school gymnasium. When children observe their environment and what opportunities are available to them and see no future they are easily disillusioned. When these ...

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